Stair climbing is a fantastic workout that can strengthen and build the muscles in your thighs, legs and buttocks. Climbing stairs at a vigorous rate can burn more calories than activities like low-impact aerobics, leisure bicycling, walking and swimming laps. Depending on your weight and intensity level, you can burn up to 981 calories per hour using a stair climber. You can also convert how many stairs you've climbed into miles to ensure you're meeting the daily goals you've set for yourself and to track your performance.

Step 1

Count how many steps you've climbed or look at the number of steps that have been recorded on your stair climber machine.

Step 2

Multiply the number of steps you've climbed by 17, which is the average height in inches of a standard step. For example, if you climbed 100 stairs you would multiply 100 by 17, which comes out to 1,700 inches.

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